Just some random thoughts today. The next review theme will be posted up tomorrow (Saturday) and I’m still open for some more guest reviews from fellow Canadians! Also a heads up to those going to Anime North this weekend; have fun! I look forward to reading your blogs and journals on the event (and help me plan my own trip for when money allows ;p ).
By now I’m sure everyone’s heard of atleast one incident involving students writing names in Death Notes, and the reactions of people when they’re discovered. This of course spawns from the series Death Note, where writing a name in such a book would lead to that person’s death. 
I was reading another news article today about just such an incident when one paragraph inparticular caught my attention:
“Kids can buy their own “Death Note,” complete with material from the movie and a set of blank pages to list their own potential targets. It’s listed for $15.95 at www.amazon.com.”
I had never thought of these imitation Death Notes as that before and that’s why this really stood out to me. I even own a Death Note of my own but I’d never considered writing names in it. I look at it more like a neat prop (I’m a big fan of replica merchandise) and I know it’s a popular cosplay item.
I’m not saying it surprises me that people write names in it, not at all, but it really made me think about how people percieve the item itself. Is that the intention of these sold Death Notes? Is it what people would assume they’re for? For those outside the culture, I can certainly see why but reading it was a bit of an eye-opener none the less.
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